After the Patriots wrapped up their final preparations for Sunday’s game in Frankfurt, Germany, they received a message from team owner Robert Kraft.
Kraft spoke to the team after Saturday’s walkthrough to stress the importance of putting on a good show for their international fans. New England will face the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday at Frankfurt Stadium.
“I had the pleasure of speaking with the team (on Saturday) at the end of practice,” Kraft told a gathering of Patriots fans in Frankfurt, via The Boston Globe’s Christopher Gasper, “and I told them that I had some people come up to me on the street and say, 33 years ago, they saw a game in Germany that Jackie Slater played in.